JULY 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2327

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities in that behalf enabling him, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby revoke the above-recited Order in Council and the regulation thereby made, and in lieu thereof doth make the regulation set forth in the Schedule hereto; and doth order that the regulation so made shall be read as part of the regulations with respect to the transmission of radio-telegrams made by Order in Council dated the twenty-second day of December, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, and shall take effect on the date of the publication of this Order in Council in the New Zealand Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

CHARGES.

Ordinary, Urgent, and Relaying.

3. Ordinary.—The charge for the transmission of an ordinary radio-telegraph to or from ships (other than ships registered in New Zealand or Australia, and ships trading exclusively between the Commonwealth of Australia and the Dominion of New Zealand, or between ports on the coast of the Dominion of New Zealand) from or to any telegraph-office in the Dominion of New Zealand shall be 10d. per word, allocated as follows:—

Ship-station charge .. .. .. 4d. per word.
Coast-station and inland charges .. 6d. ,,

The charge for the transmission of an ordinary radio-telegraph to or from ships registered in New Zealand or Australia, and ships trading exclusively between the Commonwealth of Australia and the Dominion of New Zealand, or (except as hereinafter provided) between ports on the coast of the Dominion of New Zealand, from or to any telegraph-office in the Dominion of New Zealand shall be 5d. per word, allocated as follows:—

Ship-station charge .. .. .. 2d. per word.
Coast-station and inland charges .. 3d. ,,

The charge for the transmission of an ordinary radio-telegraph to or from ships trading exclusively between the ports of Wellington and Lyttelton, from or to any telegraph office in the Dominion of New Zealand, shall be 2½d. per word, with a minimum charge of 1s. 3d. for each radio-telegraph, equal to a message of six words, allocated as follows:—

Ship-station charge .. .. .. 1d per word.
Coast-station and inland charges .. 1½d. ,,

The charge for the transmission of an ordinary radio-telegraph to or from the mainland of New Zealand from or to Chatham Islands, Adelie Land, or to His Majesty’s ships (when in New Zealand waters) shall be 6d. per word.

Urgent.—The charge for an urgent radio-telegraph is the charge for an ordinary radio-telegraph plus the rates charged for urgent telegrams over the telegraph systems the message has to traverse.

Relaying.—Whenever Chatham Island Radio-station is used as a relaying-station the charge shall be 4d. per word.

F. W. FURBY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Revocation of an Order in Council under Section 296 of the Native Land Act, 1909.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
By his Deputy,
ROBERT STOUT.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this eighth day of July, 1919.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

WHEREAS by section two hundred and ninety-six of the Native Land Act, 1909, it is enacted that any Order in Council made under Part XVI of that Act, or under Part II of the Native Land Settlement Act, 1907, may be at any time revoked, either wholly or as to any part or parts of the land included therein, by the Governor-General by Order in Council:

And whereas a parcel of land known as Nuhaka 2A 4L became subject, by virtue of an Order in Council dated the eighteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and eight, to the provisions of Part XVI of the Native Land Act, 1909:

And whereas the Tairawhiti District Maori Land Board has recommended that such land be no longer subject to Part XVI aforesaid:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby revoke the said Order in Council dated the eighteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and eight, in so far as such Order in Council affects Nuhaka 2A 4L.

F. W. FURBY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Validating Proceedings in respect of a Loan of £10,000 proposed to be raised by the Ohinemuri County Council.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
By his Deputy,
ROBERT STOUT.
ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington, this eighth day of July, 1919.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

WHEREAS the Ohinemuri County Council lately proposed to raise a loan of ten thousand pounds sterling under the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, for the purpose of constructing certain roads in the Patetonga Riding of the said county:

And whereas the provisions of section nine of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, have not been/complied with, inasmuch as the notice to raise the said loan required by that section, although published four times, was not published once in each week for four successive weeks:

And whereas it appears that the ratepayers have not been misled by such irregularity, and it is expedient to validate the same:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and in exercise of the powers conferred by section one hundred and eleven of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby validate the public notification of intention to raise the said loan, and doth hereby declare that the proceedings relative to such loan shall not be called into question by reason only of the irregularity aforesaid.

F. W. FURBY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Validating Proceedings in connection with a Loan of £325 proposed to be raised by the Ohinemuri County Council.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
By his Deputy,
ROBERT STOUT.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this eighth day of July, 1919.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

WHEREAS the Ohinemuri County Council, acting under and in pursuance of paragraph (e) of section sixteen of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, lately proposed to raise a loan of three hundred and twenty-five pounds for metalling a certain portion of the Netherton—Awaii access road:

And whereas the ratepayers’ consent given under paragraph (e) of section sixteen aforesaid is irregular, in that one of the subscribing ratepayers has attested the signatures of the other subscribers thereto:

And whereas it appears that the ratepayers have not been misled by such irregularity, and it is expedient to validate the same:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by section one hundred and eleven of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that the ratepayers’ consent to the raising of the said loan shall be valid to all intents and purposes as though the same had been properly witnessed, and that the validity of the proceedings in connection with the said loan shall not be called into question by reason only of the irregularity aforesaid.

F. W. FURBY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.